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    The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) is a species of threadsnake. It is the smallest known snake species. This member of the Leptotyphlopidae...
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    following species: Tetracheilostoma bilineatum, two-lined blind snake Tetracheilostoma breuili, St. Lucia threadsnake Tetracheilostoma carlae, Barbados threadsnake...
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    Among these snakes is what is believed to be the world's smallest: L. carlae (Hedges, 2008). Leptotyphlopids are found in Africa, western Asia from Turkey...
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  • described L. carlae (Hedges, 2008) is reported to be even smaller. Dewynter, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Tetracheilostoma bilineatum"...
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  • rhodogaster Teretrurus sanguineus Tetracheilostoma Tetracheilostoma bilineatum Tetracheilostoma breuili Tetracheilostoma carlae Tetralepis Tetralepis fruhstorferi...
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    The St. Lucia threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma breuili) is a species of blind snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The species is native to the West Indies...
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  • casuhatiensis Mitophis asbolepis Mitophis calypso Mitophis leptepileptus Tetracheilostoma carlae Liolaemus aparicioi Liolaemus azarai Liolaemus cranwelli Liolaemus...
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    gecko (Sphaerodactylus ariasae), and the Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae). Twelve articles in the New York Times have described his research...
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